Two Days Talking to People Looking for Jobs at ICE

[Efilroft Sul]

The motivating force behind American career fascism would appear to be wanderlust, according to this article's author with the, um, interesting name. From the article:

ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY of last week I attended a Department of Homeland Security job fair at the Dulles Expo Center in Chantilly, Virginia. I learned about the event while browsing the DHS website in order to find the phone number of someone who’d been detained by ICE. A pop-up ad linked to an EventBrite page, with free tickets readily available.

Customs and Border Patrol, the Coast Guard, and the Secret Service were all recruiting at the event, but ICE was the main draw. Far more applicants stood in line to submit their resumes for deportation officer than for any other position on offer in the cavernous room.

Naturally there were a large number of law enforcement types hanging around the convention—men with military fades, moisture-wicking shirts, and tattoos of the bible and the constitution and eagles and flags distended across their arms. But there were also a handful of women ICE applicants and a lot of men of color. The deportation officer applicant pool was, I felt, shockingly diverse—one might say it looked like America. The whole place looked and felt like America.

More at https://www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/two-days-talking-to-people-looking-for-jobs-at-ice/

[tulipsandroses]

1. Both ICE and CBP are offering sign on bonuses. CBP is offering up to 30K ICE has 10K per yr bonus

Some people will sell their mama for $1000. Heck, look how many sold out democracy for cheap eggs?

[Efilroft Sul]

2. Being an American comes with a price. Who knew it would be so low with so many people?

[cbabe]

5. Poverty draft.

[Nittersing]

3. Well *that* was a depressing read. nt

[Efilroft Sul]

4. The banality of evil is always worse than what we previously thought.